Very powerful thriller!

Seven is without a single doubt in my mind one of the darkest thrillers of all time. It is absolutely amazing with a really amazing cast. It is a dark mystery-thriller that turned out a masterpiece. It is like Zodiac when it comes to that. Seven is a film that made me feel really thrilled by which is very rare of a film to do so. It is a rather horrifying film to watch because of the gruesome murders and the solving of the murders on the seven deadly sins Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy and Wrath. This film involves the seven deadly sins but it would be a really big sin for anybody to miss this film. It is probably the best mystery film of the 1990s. It is a thriller than I wouldn't say scared me but it is one that sent a few chills down my back when I watched it but was quite a good feeling because it showed how much I enjoyed this film. Like most thrillers, Seven is a really gripping film but in more of a psychological way rather than a violent way. The way Seven is filmed and how dark the story is reminds me a lot of The Silence Of The Lambs which is another reason why I love Seven. It has a great twist at the end of the film that I was horrified at. This really tense psychological thriller stars 4 absolutely fantastic actors. 3 of them are Oscar winners and 1 is a two-time Oscar nominee.


Brad Pitt has delivered a performance that in my mind is one of his best roles. Most people might think that Legends Of The Fall is his breakthrough performance but I think that Seven is. Pitt has been an actor of portraying hard-hitting, aggressive and rather serious characters. When you see him in films like Seven and Fight Club, he sort of acts himself when regarding looks not personality obviously. Morgan Freeman is another extremely talented actor that I always expect awesome performances from. Freeman worked really hard with Brad Pitt and the rest of the cast on this film. I don't think this film would have been good if Fincher wasn't directing and if it didn't star Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt have brought together two characters that are close friends as well as partners in solving the mystery. I really loved Gwyneth Paltrow's performance as Tracy Mills who is the pregnant girlfriend of Detective David Mills She isn't really that sort of actress to star in a psychological thriller but personally it is a performance from her that shows she can be in a film like Seven in the future. Kevin Spacey is really good as villain John Doe. His performance was a bit like his performance in The Usual Suspects.


After the critically disappointing Alien3, Fincher has created his big breakthrough film. Fincher has always been a talented director of psychological thrillers. His directing in Seven was a big introduction to his other amazing thrillers such as Fight Club, Panic Room and Zodiac. Personally I would have thought that he would have been a good director for The Silence Of The Lambs but that probably wouldn't have been half as good if Fincher did that one. Jonathan Demme who was the director of The Silence Of The Lambs would have been a good director of Seven if not David Fincher. As far as I'm concerned, Fincher is the present Hitchcock apart from Curious Case Of Benjamin Button which is an epic, fantasy, romantic drama. Fincher's collaboration with Brad Pitt is one of my favourite collaborations ever because the three films that they have been in together have turned out to be masterpieces!


Seven is one of my all time favourite thrillers and I am proud to say that. It is David Fincher's third best film after The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Fight Club. Those two and Seven are the Fincher films that I think everybody would call their favourite. Perhaps Zodiac too. Seven features one of the cleverest psychological thrillers of our time. It has one of the best film twists as well and most powerful endings as well as one of the best starts. Seven is the best film of 1995. It is Brad Pitt's third best film after The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and Fight Club. It is Morgan Freeman's third best performance after The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby. It isn't Gwyneth Paltrow's best performance but it is one of the best from her though. Kevin Spacey has delivered another gripping performance and Seven is one of his best too. Seven is one of my favourite films of all time and you will see why when you see it.

9/10